C2B Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Listening to the interview I'm intrigued by how quests are actually designed. I can't help feeling that there shoudl be some sort of nested design aid to help guide writers, or perhaps enable writers to be supported by a team of materials goons. So, make sure you get plenty of situation awareness into the dialogue. BUt also perhaps improve creativity about how the PC can solve a puzzle or deliver what the subject wants. Not sure where I'm going with this. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosper Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Listening to the interview I'm intrigued by how quests are actually designed. I can't help feeling that there shoudl be some sort of nested design aid to help guide writers, or perhaps enable writers to be supported by a team of materials goons. So, make sure you get plenty of situation awareness into the dialogue. BUt also perhaps improve creativity about how the PC can solve a puzzle or deliver what the subject wants. Not sure where I'm going with this. or maybe they should just have a world before they make the world. its too late to iterate if you don't have enough passages for all the quests. too late to iterate if you leave no room for battle areas, or addition towns. for accuracy you can't always leave room. on paper it has to make sense. then try harder. even stories can be mapped out. its like relations between fruit loops. you can also go deeper with each redraw or simply break into the next level of depth. i love world design. world of level design is a nice site as well. maps aren't just decided settings, it takes so much more to prep the users for awesome adventures. whether it be pure adventure/rts/diablo/fallout and fallout 3. it is the most fun part of it. don't bog yourself down with notions of being correct. that comes later yo. iterate that iter when it comes time. bidirectional has its place. redacted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I see. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Chris Avellone Blog about Old World Blues http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?act=m...og&blogid=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Another Blog Entry http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?autom...p;showentry=154 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwars Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Was it confirmed before that the other project was using Onyx as well? If not, it's mentioned there. Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 There is a hungarian article about Avellone here http://ipon.hu/elemzesek/a_jatekvilag_nagy...a_meselo/1090/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 There is a hungarian article about Avellone here http://ipon.hu/elemzesek/a_jatekvilag_nagy...a_meselo/1090/1 Pssst!... Oner, you are needed. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oner Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Whoops, I rarely visit this side of the forum. It's a biography basically, describing the part MCA played in making his games. Ask away if you want to know any specifics. Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcroc Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 New interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sannom Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Is it me or is there something missing in that part : Looking through your game credits, most of the games you have worked on are RPGs. What unique challenges does working on RPGs present? Are you naturally drawn to the RPG genre? Are you interested in working on games of other genres, such as FPSes? Does being cofounder, co-owner, and CCO at Obsidian affect how you think and work as a designer? How is it different, if at all, from just being a designer? Please explain. You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Section has now been added Looking through your game credits, most of the games you have worked on are RPGs. What unique challenges does working on RPGs present? Are you naturally drawn to the RPG genre? Are you interested in working on games of other genres, such as FPSes? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcroc Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Avellone's blog updated Interview, Wonder-Con Presentation. Was going to blog this week - then a fellow Thomas Jefferson high school alum, Danny Kim, beat me to it and ended up posting an interview I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flouride Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hmm, that link does not work "[#1062] You have no permission to view the Blogs" Is anyone else having problems with it? Hate the living, love the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Hmm, that link does not work "[#1062] You have no permission to view the Blogs" Is anyone else having problems with it? http://forums.obsidi...dpost&p=1160063 The blog section of the forums is currently closed however; we're going to migrating those over to our blogs site at blog.obsidian.net. Edited January 29, 2012 by C2B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flouride Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Ye, just noticed it. Didn't read that topic first Hate the living, love the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcroc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 https://twitter.com/...194751895805952 OOCCDD Episode 20 is coming on Sunday! With super special guest Chris Avellone!! Check this OoC thread for more... http://fb.me/1yWQsIYzC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcroc Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 New MCA blog post: Some additional narrative designer advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcroc Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 OOCCDD Episode 20 Extra Special Celebrity Guest: Chris Avellone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwars Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 A bit too much silliness at first I think but some great questions in the middle or so, including a question about the whole Double Fine/Kickstarter thing. Chris says that if he got to make the game he wanted to make, it'd be an old-school isometric, text-heavy game ala PS:T. So there was much rejoicing I suppose. Some pretty good questions about New Vegas also. Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDeranged Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Yeah I'm listening now and just got to that part, made me grin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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